LETTERS TO THE EDITOR – MONDAY 19TH NOVEMBER 2018

The following letters from our contributors and readers were received after Ms May’s “Withdrawal Agreement”. The first is from Julian Flood:

Sir,

I feel angry and helpless as, I am sure, do many people. We are being betrayed and ignored. Time to try anything, anything at all, just to lessen the feeling of impotence. I am not on Twitter, I am disorganised and shambolic. For a boycott of EU goods to take hold needs someone with better resources and contacts than I have.

The British people are held captive by the EU, undefended by those who should be fighting for our freedom. The only weapon that we had, the democratic vote, is ignored. The British political class, so-called Left and so-called Right, looks on as our government seeks to sell us to an increasingly anti-democratic and sinister Brussels. Our armed forces are put at the service of those who are free of any constraint. Our voices are silenced by newspapers which have tied their wagons to a treacherous globalist ideal. The BBC, that ultimate betrayer, is dominated by those who have no patriotism, and no loyalty to the listeners who pay their wages under threat of prison. Our masters, EU slave-drivers, are to be immune from taxes and prosecution.

We are bound and gagged, serfs of the New World Order.

Even Internet blogs, the last bastions of free speech, are under threat from our invisible masters. Before they are closed let us use our little influence to make a protest, perhaps the last protest we will be permitted before the remnants of our democratic power are washed away.

You will have heard the cries of anguish and anger. There is talk of marches. Talk of pitchforks and flaming torches. Talk of defenestrations of the ruling class. While these cries may make us feel better they will not result in action. The British are not a violent people and, so far at least, we are unlikely to see the quiet and orderly folk of the shires and market towns marching up Whitehall with hate in their eyes. But we need some outlet for our anger.

All we control, for the moment at least, is our own money. Let’s use that to show them that we’ve had enough of being ignored. Don’t buy German and don’t buy French. Don’t holiday in those countries. They already suck away our money by taxes and direct imposts from Brussels, why should we voluntarily make them more powerful?

Anyone buying a new German car should be ashamed. They are sending aid to our enemies. The same for those who drink French wine, or eat French cheese. Start small. Check every item you buy and if it is from those nations then put it back on the supermarket shelf. Put a sticker on the back window of your German car saying ‘Sorry, We’ll never buy another BMW’. “Mercedes: overpriced, overhyped, over here. Sorry.”

If you buy their products you are helping our enemy. Shame on you. If you boycott them you are making perhaps the last small protest of the British people which will ever be allowed. Act now before it’s too late.

Those who pretend to lead the EU are vulnerable to the influence of the men with money. They are bought, those Quislings, paid millions for carrying out the demands of their globalist masters. But even so they have to listen to their own industrial aristocracy. Hit German and French companies where it hurts. One pinprick can be ignored. A hundred would be painful. 17.4 million might be fatal.

Time to rise up.

Respectfully,Julian Flood

The next letter is from David Meacock:

Sir,

When EU leaders refused PM Cameron’s suggested EU reforms, he meekly caved in and still recommended people vote Remain in the 2016 EU Referendum. Had he publicly threatened to recommend Leave in the middle of talks if they didn’t change their tune, EU Leaders would either have caved in, in which case the Referendum result would more likely have been Remain, or continued as they did but Cameron would then have carried out his threat and recommended Leave. Leave would then have won with an even greater margin and so having had his recommendation endorsed and being on the winning side he would probably still be PM of a probably far less divided UK.

Equally failing to understand negotiating tactics through lack of experience outside the Westminster Bubble, Feeble Appeaser Re-May-ner Theresa PM has repeated Cameron’s errors. The only way out now is to list required alterations to get her Deal supportable by Leavers; in particular Conservative Brexiteers and DUP MP’s, and tell the EU they have 7 days to agree to the revisions, or the UK Parliament will immediately repeal the EC Communities Act 1972 and negotiate a Free Trade Deal and any other mutually advantageous co-operation from there.

This might serve to re-unite the country in further showing the UK public that the EU have never had any intention of genuinely reforming or negotiating a mutually advantageous Brexit. PM May could probably get this through if she threatened her own Party MPs with a General Election if they fail to support her, as well as the DUP MP’s with a Northern Ireland Referendum as to whether Northern Ireland wish to remain in the UK or Re-unite with the rest of their landmass, Southern Ireland, knowing the result could easily be for the latter option – esp. as 58% of the NI voters voted Remain, which they could then achieve by uniting with the South.

If PM May won’t stand up for the UK’s interests by taking this tough action, then she has failed in the first duty of Government which is Defence of the Realm, and the UK will urgently need to replace her with a new Conservative leader who will. To minimise disruption, MP’s will need to unite around one candidate to replace her so that we have a new genuinely Brexiteer PM come the middle of next week.

Where there’s a will, there’s a way: jump to it PM, or jump yourself!

Respectfully, David G. Meacock.

Paul Chambers sent the next letter:

Sir,

The appalling attempted absolute sell out of our country by a PM who can only be described as a traitor is even worse than I imagined it to be. I never thought that I would be grateful to Gina Miller for interfering with the Brexit process but her intervention has prevented Theresa May from just going ahead with her treasonable deal. I therefore look to you to add your name to the list of those MPs loyal to the UK in sending a letter to Mr Graham Brady expressing no confidence in our treacherous prime minister. The 17.4 million Brexit voters will remember at the ballot box and if we are betrayed, I for one will NEVER vote conservative again in my life. Our politicians have demonstrated their true nature of contempt for the electorate.

The only thing that would upset them is if we are able to vote them out and they lose the benefits of the gravy train. I for one will do my best to bring that about. I do respect the fact that you did vote to Leave and I also suspect that the current deal will not pass a parliamentary vote but then what we will we get. We should get a No Deal as Mrs May has wasted plenty of on false promises and the voters wishes to leave must be respected. I suspect however that there aremany who will try their best to betray us. A so called people’s vote will be rigged to split the Brexit vote. The Remain option should not be permitted as we have already made the decision to leave.

I am sad and angry at Theresa May and her broken promises.

My predictions and comments in previous letters about May’s broken promises have been proven absolutely correct. She HAS broken EVERY promise that she has ever made and is a complete disgrace. The quicker she goes, the better.

Respectfully, Paul Chambers

Finally, a letter from R.E. Jones:

Sir,

What to do, if Parliament and the Conservative Party shrink from taking action to stop the fake and seditious Withdrawal Agreement? No doubt Brexit lawyers are thinking about it but I fear that ordinary people will be forced to take control, unable to rely on our politicians any longer. Here’s an idea. Any good?

Since Britain is now fighting to preserve its democracy, it might be an idea to organise a UK Walk for Freedom. This would be a modern Peasants Revolt drawing people from every hamlet, village, town and city across the country, across fields, mountains and rivers, from Scotland to Cornwall, through the night with flares, all backgrounds, occupations, and ages joining up to converge in their multi millions on London. The Tower of London maybe?!! Someone could read out the Magna Carta and announce this is what we recognise and not the EU constitution.

Routine protests with shouting and screaming are counterproductive but the mobilisation of huge numbers of ordinary people setting off for a week-long journey in defence of their country would be something to behold and less likely to provide an opportunity for mischief making by the media.

It’s time too for the fishermen (and other supporters) to get the boats out again from all UK ports and coastal communities and sail to London, maybe block the Channel. Barnier has wrung more concessions and our fishing communities sold out yet again.

22 Comments

Euge power
on November 20, 2018 at 11:36 am

The democratic vote has been betrayed. So If a peaceful vote is ignored what is to be done ?( VI Lenin ) Am I recommending civil disobedience ? Saydique Khan has prepared for civil disobedience – by scrapping Boris water cannon.
And there are no Police on the streets-oh unless Tommy Robinson is at large

Lidian Revis
on November 20, 2018 at 8:13 am

I am guilty! I have just discovered that my Weightwatchers mints (to which I have become addicted) are manufactured in Germany!! That will have to stop (they make me flatulent anyway, but perhaps that is too much information. LOL)

I have trying to find vinyl floor covering manufactured in the UK but so far all the ones I have seen are made in the EU but do not specifically say where in the EU.

My husband suffers with dry eyes and has been prescribed Viscotears, which are made in Berlin.

Brenda Rattle
on November 20, 2018 at 3:50 pm

Flatulance is just hot air making a noise! Bit like the House of Commons during PMQ’s.

Regards.

Kevin Baverstock
on November 20, 2018 at 4:51 pm

It’s the Xylitol sweetener. Bad for flatulence, also can give you er…Delhi belly… and LETHAL to dogs. Just one of those sweeties will kill a large dog….

Joanna Clifton
on November 20, 2018 at 9:12 pm

Clinitas is better and seems to be made in Hampshire. It costs about the same.

Lidian
on November 21, 2018 at 1:15 am

Joanna Clifton, Thank you for telling me about Clinitas, I will get some to try as the Viscotears does not really seem to help.

Cheers

Colin Martin
on November 20, 2018 at 8:02 am

I began boycotting EU goods after the referendum and have continued since. I always check the labels in supermarkets and only buy products that are made outside the EU. If all Leavers did this then it would have a massive effect.

We are powerless in the face of the Establishment, but this is a measure that the small person can take, giving us the power to really make a difference.

Brenda Rattle
on November 19, 2018 at 9:24 pm

Hello Julian

I agree about a boycott although I agree with Norman’s post that it rarely works. Not enough people bother to make the effort or think it will be more expensive.

However, it can be done and can be better value for money, especially with food shopping. I started boycotting produce from some parts of the EU during the run-up to the 2016 referendum when countries such as Germany, France and Spain were trying to bully us with threats and fear tactics. At the time I also discovered about halal meat being sold by stealth in the mainstream food chain.

I use a farm butcher who has his own licensed slaughterhouse. He raises beef and lamb on his own farm and sources pork and poultry from other local farms. Cost effective because a Sunday roast will give enough leftovers to turn into another meal – or two.

Wine: Australia, California and Chile do some good budget price ones.

Cheese: No shortage of good British cheeses. For brie and camembert it’s easy to kiss goodbye to France – both types are made in Somerset and Cornwall. I believe even blue veined brie is made here now.

Plenty of British veg available as well – or try growing some.

Kind regards.

Stuart Johnson
on November 19, 2018 at 8:47 pm

The one saving grace with this so-called “Withdrawal Agreement” is that it is so awful that it will be hopefully voted down in the House Of Commons.

It is not so much a “Withdrawal Agreement”, but a renegotiation of our current EU membership, to far worse terms than we currently ‘enjoy’.

The likes of “The Peoples Vote” will start to argue and push for remaining in the EU – if this withdrawal agreement is worse than Remaining, then we may as well Remain etc etc – and that is the ultimate endgame.

The EU is not interested in a Withdrawal Agreement that actually sees the UK leave, it doesn’t want us to. Our own Government thinks exactly the same. With this Withdrawal Agreement, what incentive is there for the EU to push for a favourable free-trade agreement with the UK? Absolutely none.

Its like handing in your notice to your current employer, then agreeing to continue to work for them for less money indefinitely, and not being able to talk to other prospective employers. Or cancelling your Virgin Media contract, then continuing to pay them money so you can carry on watching their channels. 😉

Graham
on November 19, 2018 at 6:55 pm

Hi! Some very interesting comments today referring to boycotting so, come on UKIP, you have the facility for research so give us all a nice long list of, “Brand Names” and “Companies” to ‘boycott’. The company names are good to have but, the Brand Names is even better, instantly recognisable on the shelf and, even better, instantly felt as LOSS to the manufacturer. Any/All EU.

Graham Bolton.

Vera
on November 19, 2018 at 6:54 pm

How about regularly publishing a list of products and companies we should boycott because they are French or German or because they are fighting to overturn the referendum result. Often, with white goods as an example, it is not straightforward which country benefits from sale of the products as companies are frequently taken over by other companies in another country. Mentioned above are Ryan Air, Virgin, Pimlico Plumbers, to which I would add the bookstore Waterstones & Innocent drinks – look around Waterstones but buy elsewhere. I have for years refused to buy any German products, cars, kitchen appliances, kitchen cupboards, etc.

I have a list of companies that I refused to buy from for other reasons too – I never buy anything from Cadbury or Mondalez (Kraft in a new coat) for greed and aggressive takeover.
Tesco & Starbucks because of their predatory practices buying land or sites, not to use but to prevent competition from using them.

If all of us do it it will have an affect.

Brenda Rattle
on November 19, 2018 at 8:55 pm

Hi Vera

Tend to agree with you. Here is a link to some British made produce you may find useful. It also gives information about what some British manufacturers make in other countries.

I believe this was a stitch up from the start. Cameron goes to EU to change things, and gets nothing. Then we have a vote, stay or leave. Waste of time because it is not accepted. Then to rub salt into the wounds, we have a new REMAINER PM. That confirms that the government is not accepting LEAVE. So how could we get anything different to a complete surrender to the EU.
Idiots kept complaining that he amount send Brussels is not £350 million a week, its a great lie. Of course it is a lie. We send 350 million per week. We also collect millions of pounds in tariffs from non EU countries and then send 80% of this amount to Brussels. We also send vat payments on some of our purchases here in the UK to Brussels. under Mays new scheme the EU can make us increase VAT and that will also go to the EU. Try and cost how much his country loses in letting the EU fish in our waters. Around the perimeter of Britain there were hundreds of towns that had fishing fleets, before Mr Heath gave away our waters. That must be worth more that the amount we pay the EU.
How can any government justify giving away something that belongs to the people of this country. Fishing rights do not belong to the MPs.

COLIN HUSSEY
on November 19, 2018 at 2:22 pm

Julian,
My advice to you, is to join UKIP if you are not a member already, and get involved with your local branch as an activist. If however your particular branch are not doing anything, then find another who is. We need boots on the ground, and we need them now, not next week, next month or next year, but right now. It matters not, whether you are personally disorganised, someone at your barch will do all the organising that needs to be done.

Julian Flood
on November 19, 2018 at 5:06 pm

Colin, check the results for 2015 and 2017 in West Suffolk.

Tacitus
on November 19, 2018 at 2:13 pm

Re; Julian Flood’s letter, the best place to start is by stopping paying for a TV license.

I am appalled at the clever remain plan presented by Teresa May: A long list of concessions that suggest Britain has just surrendered after a ferocious war and is having not just to hand over control of the Nation to a foreign power, but also to pay reparations for our war crimes.

Jake Bennett
on November 19, 2018 at 11:34 am

@Julian The EU is taking care of its interests – the furtherment of the European project and it made that clear right from the statrt. The enemy is within make no mistake about that. The political establishment is rotten to the core.
As for your company boycotting initiative yes buy British by all means but it may also be more effective to target companies that openly seek to overturn Brexit – Pimlico Plumbers Branson/Virgin and Ryannair. They rely on volume sales with slim profit margins. A determined campaign targettingf 17 million leavers could really put the fear of God up the other Remainer companies as they see the aforementioned flounder.

I have never bought a Virgin product in my life, there is plenty of competition not leaving me a penny out of pocket whilst making my protest.

JackT
on November 19, 2018 at 12:57 pm

Enemy within indeed and, as Cicero wrote all those years ago, the most difficult one to defeat. I don’t get access to much UK news now but it seems that the expected worst from May has come to pass. She deserves to be on trial for high treason and facing the time honoured sentence.

I agree that we should boycott companies supporting the EU. It might cost us a bit more in the short term but we will be far better off in the future.

Norman
on November 19, 2018 at 1:55 pm

I wonder how many shoppers/buyers could actually tell us which ‘countries’ selling products here are actually E.U member states. Boycotts have been suggested before in the U.K and have not had that much support. even the ‘I’m Backing Britain’ campaign of the 1960’s didn’t have a huge impact so my guess is a similar campaign would have little success now.
Petrol here in the local town is now £140. per litre and the garage was full, meanwhile in France they are protesting on the streets The enemy within here is far larger than most appreciate led on by the MSM as we all know, I’ve long since abandoned national and local press along with BBC and Sky, but it seems many people are happy to soak up their propaganda, easier than thinking I suppose.

Brenda Rattle
on November 19, 2018 at 8:42 pm

Norman

You are right that boycotts do not get much support. I am the only person in my circle of friends who does boycott certain companies and/or their products. Others don’t care or are pro-eu anyway.

I couldn’t name all the countries in the EU who sell goods here but can name a fair few. I’m a bit of a choosy shopper anyway and it’s not difficult to check small print on the back of the packaging for country of origin.

Regards.

Roger Turner
on November 21, 2018 at 2:24 pm

Most of Aldi`s stuff seems to come from Atherstone, not sure it`s all born there though!

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